Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has faced some scorn from leaders and the public over his actions at the D-day commemorations.
Several world leaders and surviving veterans gathered for the event's 80th anniversary, and Sunak drew ire by leaving early.
UK correspondent Enda Brady says voters won't forgive this.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
In the Brady UK correspondence with us Hey.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
Inda, Hey Heather, great to speak to you again.
Speaker 1 (00:04):
Do you reckon that the public is going to forgive Sunek?
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Absolutely not leaving D Day commemorations early. I mean, forty
one men who fought on the beaches eighty years ago
managed to dust themselves off, get themselves into suits and
get themselves across the channel. And these are one hundred
year old men and they managed to see it out
to the end of the day. President Biden eighty one
years of age, not exactly nimble on his feet, he
(00:29):
managed to see it out to the end of the day.
And King Charles, who's got cancer, managed to stay until
the end of the day. People are angry, people are
very angry, and I don't think Sunac is getting it.
So he's given this interview with Nick Robinson on the BBC,
which a lot of people watched, and I thought it
was a good combative grilling, and Sunac said that he
(00:51):
just hopes the British public can forgive him. He didn't
show very much remorse, I thought, and he didn't give
an explanation. And for anyone who hasn't followed the story,
he failed out of D Day early in France to
come back and do a pre recorded TV interview which
hasn't actually gone out on air yet.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
Yeah. Now, over the weekend, probably as a result of this,
he was on a media blackout right. The media weren't
allowed anywhere near him. Is that has that now lifted?
Speaker 2 (01:16):
So campaign trail today will be different. It's the launch
of the party manifesto. He can't hide. I mean, look,
it's a low bar. There was a campaign a few
years ago Boris Johnson actually hid in a fridge, not
a word of a lie. He hid in a fridge
to avoid the media. Sunak had a complete media blackout
at the weekend. They wouldn't let anyone near him because
they knew the anger was so raw with the public
(01:39):
that he was quite likely to get decimated in an interview.
So he didn't do anything at the weekend. Today's different,
it's party manifesto launch. He will be talking about cutting taxes.
I'm sure he will be telling people again that labor
will put up taxes. Labor deny this and the focus
I think today a lot will be on house building
and in particular helping young people get on the ladder.
(02:01):
We have people in their thirties. Here with good jobs,
living with mummy and daddy in their thirties, something has
gone badly wrong, and he accepted that. To be fair
to Sunac, he accepted that under a conservative government it
has got harder to buy a house.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
Yeah too, right, do you I mean do you think
the phan's off the hook though? With him? I mean
nobody's going to listen to what Nobody will care what's
in the manifest though? Right?
Speaker 2 (02:24):
Well, the polls, the polls are everything, and you know
people are questioning the polls. I've worked long enough covering elections.
It is extremely sophisticated. The polling now and Starmer's hitting
forty six percentage points. And it's really interesting, Heather, because
when you go around and talk to people, what do
you think is Starmar? They all go always quite boring,
always got no charisma. Oh, I'm not sure I agree
(02:46):
with him, but I'm definitely voting for him because he's
not Sunac. And that'll tell you. That'll tell you soon.
Next polling twenty two to twenty three percent. The other
fellow's double it, and people are saying he's got no charisma.
So it's not like it's not like Tony Blair way
of optimism and charisma and incredible public speaking. I think
people just don't like Sunac. But you know, my real
(03:08):
concern is who's advising this guy?
Speaker 1 (03:11):
Right?
Speaker 2 (03:11):
I mean, I'm no politician and I'm no political advisor.
But if I was looking at D Day, I would
have said, stay until the last minute, shake hands with
every single one of those men, and if possible, when
the king is giving his speech, shed a few tiers
in public. Yeah, and that sounds really cynical, but that's
what the public wanted to see. And he bailed out.
(03:31):
He went home early.
Speaker 1 (03:32):
Yeah too, Right, he's getting terrible advice or he's just
not listening to advice. Hey, how cute was the advice
that Prince Louis gave the football team.
Speaker 2 (03:40):
I love this. So Euro twenty four gets underway on
Friday night in Germany. So it's the soccer Championships of Europe.
The first game will be Scotland against Germany and England
are in there. Obviously. England are amongst the favorites to
do really really well, and Prince William has been to
visit the team their training camps in Georgie's Park and
William said the boys in the dressing room. He was
(04:01):
addressing England, giving him a big kind of sendoff speech,
and he said, look, I did the school run this
morning and I said to the kids that I'd be
seeing you boys later on today and I said, any
last minute advice kids, what should I tell Harry Kane
and the team? And Prince Louis piped up and he said,
have double helpings at dinner. That'll help you play better.
So William passed that on to the team. Look, I'm
(04:22):
not sure extra food is going to help elite athletes
run around and get cramps and stitches, but it got
a laugh and Prince Louis that's what he does.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
Yeah, he's cool. Just hey, Indo, thank you as always appreciated. Mate,
look after yourself. We'll talk to you in a couple
of days. It's into Brady Are, UK correspondent.
Speaker 2 (04:37):
For more from Hither Duplusye Alan Drive, listen live to
news talks. It'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow
the podcast on iHeartRadio.
In the Brady UK correspondence with us Hey.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
Inda, Hey Heather, great to speak to you again.
Speaker 1 (00:04):
Do you reckon that the public is going to forgive Sunek?
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Absolutely not leaving D Day commemorations early. I mean, forty
one men who fought on the beaches eighty years ago
managed to dust themselves off, get themselves into suits and
get themselves across the channel. And these are one hundred
year old men and they managed to see it out
to the end of the day. President Biden eighty one
years of age, not exactly nimble on his feet, he
(00:29):
managed to see it out to the end of the day.
And King Charles, who's got cancer, managed to stay until
the end of the day. People are angry, people are
very angry, and I don't think Sunac is getting it.
So he's given this interview with Nick Robinson on the BBC,
which a lot of people watched, and I thought it
was a good combative grilling, and Sunac said that he
(00:51):
just hopes the British public can forgive him. He didn't
show very much remorse, I thought, and he didn't give
an explanation. And for anyone who hasn't followed the story,
he failed out of D Day early in France to
come back and do a pre recorded TV interview which
hasn't actually gone out on air yet.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
Yeah. Now, over the weekend, probably as a result of this,
he was on a media blackout right. The media weren't
allowed anywhere near him. Is that has that now lifted?
Speaker 2 (01:16):
So campaign trail today will be different. It's the launch
of the party manifesto. He can't hide. I mean, look,
it's a low bar. There was a campaign a few
years ago Boris Johnson actually hid in a fridge, not
a word of a lie. He hid in a fridge
to avoid the media. Sunak had a complete media blackout
at the weekend. They wouldn't let anyone near him because
they knew the anger was so raw with the public
(01:39):
that he was quite likely to get decimated in an interview.
So he didn't do anything at the weekend. Today's different,
it's party manifesto launch. He will be talking about cutting taxes.
I'm sure he will be telling people again that labor
will put up taxes. Labor deny this and the focus
I think today a lot will be on house building
and in particular helping young people get on the ladder.
(02:01):
We have people in their thirties. Here with good jobs,
living with mummy and daddy in their thirties, something has
gone badly wrong, and he accepted that. To be fair
to Sunac, he accepted that under a conservative government it
has got harder to buy a house.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
Yeah too, right, do you I mean do you think
the phan's off the hook though? With him? I mean
nobody's going to listen to what Nobody will care what's
in the manifest though? Right?
Speaker 2 (02:24):
Well, the polls, the polls are everything, and you know
people are questioning the polls. I've worked long enough covering elections.
It is extremely sophisticated. The polling now and Starmer's hitting
forty six percentage points. And it's really interesting, Heather, because
when you go around and talk to people, what do
you think is Starmar? They all go always quite boring,
always got no charisma. Oh, I'm not sure I agree
(02:46):
with him, but I'm definitely voting for him because he's
not Sunac. And that'll tell you. That'll tell you soon.
Next polling twenty two to twenty three percent. The other
fellow's double it, and people are saying he's got no charisma.
So it's not like it's not like Tony Blair way
of optimism and charisma and incredible public speaking. I think
people just don't like Sunac. But you know, my real
(03:08):
concern is who's advising this guy?
Speaker 1 (03:11):
Right?
Speaker 2 (03:11):
I mean, I'm no politician and I'm no political advisor.
But if I was looking at D Day, I would
have said, stay until the last minute, shake hands with
every single one of those men, and if possible, when
the king is giving his speech, shed a few tiers
in public. Yeah, and that sounds really cynical, but that's
what the public wanted to see. And he bailed out.
(03:31):
He went home early.
Speaker 1 (03:32):
Yeah too, Right, he's getting terrible advice or he's just
not listening to advice. Hey, how cute was the advice
that Prince Louis gave the football team.
Speaker 2 (03:40):
I love this. So Euro twenty four gets underway on
Friday night in Germany. So it's the soccer Championships of Europe.
The first game will be Scotland against Germany and England
are in there. Obviously. England are amongst the favorites to
do really really well, and Prince William has been to
visit the team their training camps in Georgie's Park and
William said the boys in the dressing room. He was
(04:01):
addressing England, giving him a big kind of sendoff speech,
and he said, look, I did the school run this
morning and I said to the kids that I'd be
seeing you boys later on today and I said, any
last minute advice kids, what should I tell Harry Kane
and the team? And Prince Louis piped up and he said,
have double helpings at dinner. That'll help you play better.
So William passed that on to the team. Look, I'm
(04:22):
not sure extra food is going to help elite athletes
run around and get cramps and stitches, but it got
a laugh and Prince Louis that's what he does.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
Yeah, he's cool. Just hey, Indo, thank you as always appreciated. Mate,
look after yourself. We'll talk to you in a couple
of days. It's into Brady Are, UK correspondent.
Speaker 2 (04:37):
For more from Hither Duplusye Alan Drive, listen live to
news talks. It'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow
the podcast on iHeartRadio.
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